Secttkietg gabmeitts to hooks



nErrEn sfrafrns rarEEr orrica.

GILMAN VOODVARD AND FRANKLIN S. HATHAVAY, 0F KEENE, NE HAMPSHIRE.

SECURING GARMENTS TO HOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,996, dated February 15, 1859.

170 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GILMAN VooDwARD and F RANKLIN S. HATHAWAY, ofKeene, in the county of Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, haveinvented a useful Device for Securing Garments and other Textile Fabricsto Hooks; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact de scription thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings and `to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in se',- curing a hook to a slidingplate for the purpose of causing an arm to fall upon the head of thehook by means of a weight being suspended therefrom, or by other meansforced downward and securing the same in its position, also in providingthe arm and hook at theirl points of contact with spurs for the purposeof retaining any article of textile nature that may be secured therein.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention wewill proceed to describe its construction and operation.

T he device herein described is intended to be secured in a verticalposition by the back plate H1, as is shown by the different sections andelevations of the drawings. The hook B1 is secured at its base to thesliding plate C, C, which is fitted to the channel z' 2 in the backplate H1 and is secured thereto by the ears Z, Z, Z, Z,2 in a manner toallow its free upward and downward motion. rihe arm Fl is attached tothe top of saidsliding plate by the pivot c. At the heel of said arm arethe teeth fr, 11, which mesh into the cavities z', z' in the back plateH, by which means the arm F is actuated by the sliding plate C, C. Thetumbler S2 is pivoted at m to the sliding plate C, C1 within its cell g2at the base of the hook B1. The block Z1 is secured to the back plate Hland projects forward into the tumbler-cell g2 occupying the groove u1,the arm F being elevated as shown in Fig. l. An article of suicient.weight suspended from the hook B will canse the arm F to descend uponthe head of said hook, in which position Ait is secured by the tumblerS2 which falls under the block (Z, actuated by the spring t. The tumblerS is beveled at its head for the purpose of compensating in its securingpoints for the different thick-1 nesses that may be interposed betweenthe head of the hook B1 and the point of the arni F. A garment or otherarticle of a textile nature being thus interposed is prevented frombeing drawn therefrom by the means of the spurs cZ, ZJ, as shown in Fig.3. The spur Z is secured within a slot atthe point of the arm Fl by thepivot c2 in a manner to allow the desired limit to its motion. The spuris secured in a similar manner at the head of the hook B1, the relativepositions being such that their rear projections act in counter point.The article thus secured is relieved by passing the key jl upwardthrough the key hole 0, in the base of the hook B till the wing a,strikes the projection o of the tumbler S2 when a partial turn of thekey jl will force the tumbler S2 back to a vertical position,disengaging the head of the tumbler from the block (Z2. The hook B1being relieved of its weight, the sliding plate is drawn upward by thespring e, by which means the arm F is elevated and the article uponthehook relieved. The key j being turned back and withdrawn leaves thetunibler S-- resting against the side of the block (Z1.

It will be seen by referring to the drawings and model that this deviceis not only intended to secure articles of a textile nature between thepoint of the arm and the head of the hook, but anyarticle that may bepassed over the head of the hook and suspended lfrom the inner curve orotherwise embraced therein in form of a loop or ring.

l. Securing the hook B, to the vertical sliding plate C, C, in themanner and for the purposes described and set forth.

2. The manner of operating the arm F, in combination with the movementof the hook B, and sliding plate C, C.

